Genome-wide association study in an admixed case series reveals IL12A as a new candidate in Behçet disease.
Kappen JH, Medina-Gomez C, van Hagen PM et al.
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Introduction: The etiology of Behçet's disease (BD) is unknown, but widely considered an excessive T-cell mediated inflammatory response in a genetically susceptible host. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have shown limited number of novel loci-associations. The rarity and unequal distribution of the disease prevalence amongst different ethnic backgrounds have hampered the use of GWAS in cohorts of mixed ethnicity and sufficient sample size. However, novel statistical approaches have now enabled GWAS in admixed cohorts.
1 Afghanistan ancestry case, 154 Middle Eastern/North African ancestry cases, 2 Cape Verdian cases, 1 Curacao case, 1 Dominican Republic ancestry cases, 54 European ancestry cases, 1 Israeli case, 1 Surinamese ancestry case, 1 Thai ancestry case, 1 Chinese ancestry case, 119 Turkish ancestry cases, 87 Middle Eastern/North African ancestry controls, 5,756 controls
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